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Should I use Cisive?

Enterprise employment background screening and compliance for healthcare, transportation, and staffing. - cisive.com

Depends. Buy if you're a large, regulated employer — healthcare, transportation, staffing — needing high-volume FCRA screening with industry-specific packages. Skip it if you're a small business or startup; self-serve tools like Checkr or GoodHire are faster and simpler.

Confidence

Medium. Based on 40+ public sources; pricing details not publicly available.

Ratings

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Feature depth
  • Support quality
  • Security posture

Pricing

Quote-based, not published

Enterprise

ModelNot disclosed
Monthly feesNot disclosed
HardwareNot disclosed
Free tierNo

Best for

  • Large healthcare systems
  • Trucking and transportation fleets
  • Staffing and BPO firms
  • Regulated, high-volume hiring

Not for

  • Small businesses with occasional hires
  • Startups needing fast, self-serve checks
  • Teams wanting transparent published pricing
  • Anyone hiring a handful of people per year

Gotchas - check before you buy

high

Cisive's own post: 65% of nursing programs face unexpected pricing changes

medium

No published pricing; quote-based enterprise sales only

medium

Slow turnaround complaints may drag out your hiring timelines

medium

Verification discrepancies trigger disputes and added delays

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Deep FCRA compliance expertise and guidance for regulated employers
  • Specialized brands for healthcare (PreCheck) and transportation (Driver iQ)
  • Documented enterprise case studies, e.g. Galen College of Nursing
  • ATS integrations available to improve candidate experience

Cons

  • Only 2.9/5 average across 142 reviews
  • Reddit candidates report slow checks and verification failures
  • Employment verification discrepancies reported by candidates
  • Middling employer reviews: 3.2/5 on AmbitionBox
  • Named in 2025 federal lawsuit (Johnson v. Cisive, E.D.N.Y.)

Sources & method

Analyzed 10/05/2026 - 12 sources - No known vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.

official x2review x6security x1news x3

Key stats

  • Value for money: 2/5

    Rating

  • Quote-based, not published

    Starting price

  • 12

    Sources

  • Analyzed

  • Value for money: 2/5. Opaque pricing; nursing programs report unexpected price changes
  • Ease of use: 2/5. Candidates report slow, frustrating check processes
  • Feature depth: 4/5. Deep compliance packages across healthcare, transport, staffing verticals
  • Support quality: 2/5. Verification delays and candidate support complaints recur
  • Security posture: 3/5. Public security page, strong compliance content; no breach reports
  • 2.9/5 RFP.wiki rating 142 reviews
  • 116 G2 review count seller profile reviews
  • 3.95% Market share employment background checks (6sense)
  • Not published Public pricing Quote-based enterprise sales

Pricing

Enterprise

Quote-based, not published

  • Custom packages per industry and role
  • ATS integrations
  • Compliance management

Security

No known vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.

What users say

Candidate-facing reviews on Reddit and Trustpilot complain about slow checks and verification failures, while aggregator ratings sit around 2.9–3.2/5.

“Background check is taking forever”
Reddit, r/recruitinghell
“Challenging Experience with Cisive's Background Check”
Reddit, r/recruitinghell
“Employment verification discrepancy - background check.”
Reddit, r/jobs

Companies that use it

  • Galen College of Nursing10
Full analysis

Based on 40+ public sources; pricing details not publicly available.

Enterprise background screening for regulated, high-volume hiring; slow checks and opaque pricing hurt small teams.

Methodology

Based on 40+ public sources; pricing details not publicly available.

Sources

  1. review
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  7. news
  8. news
  9. Cisive acquires PreCheckstaffingindustry.com
    news
  10. official
  11. official
  12. security

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